Improvement in the manufacture of vinegar



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PAUL PLODEOKOF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 108,291, dated October 11, 1870.

I, PAUL PLODECK, of. Cleveland, in the county ot' Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Mode of or Apparatus vfor Making Vinegar, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to a method of exposing the liquid tothe greatest extent by means of canvas, or other suitable fabric, stretched iu such a manner that the liquid may saturate it and flow along the same to a very great length, thus exposing the liquid to the atmosphere' in a manner to canse rapid acidnlation.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a longitudinal section of .1n y apparatus.

A is a boxmade of wood; the dimensions may be as convenience may dictate, as it is intended to be built or placed in a room. For example, the box should he twelve feet in lengt-h, six Vfeet wide, and six to ten feet high.

Across the box are placeda series of round sticks, B BB, near the ends. The ones nearest the ends' are larger `than those next, and so outoward the center ofthe box.

O C O are long sheets of canvas, woven coarsely, .or sutliciently open to allow it to be easily saturated, and to admit oi' circulation of air.

'lhe ends of the sheets are secured to the top row 'of rounds B B B, and are passed around those at the other end of the box, at B B B', thence back to B" B" B, and so back and forth to the bottom ot' the box, the rounds being so arranged that the sheets shall not touch one another, and shall have snicientslant to cause the liquid to flow slowly along from'one end to the other, the lower ends of the canvas hanging over the last rounds a shortpdistance, to allow the liquid to drip. The canvas should be stretched pretty tight-l Over the upper ends/ot" Vthe canvas are placed troughs D D D, in which the mash is to be placed, and having one edge alittle lower than the other, and provided with ya piece of canvas, d d d, to lead the drip of the mash to the sheets C C O.

By this method, the liquid is conveyed along the canvas by capillary attraction, and is th`us completely.

exposed to the atmosphere, which, when kept at the proper temperature, will cause rapid acidulation, producing vinegar in a short time, and in good quality.

I claim as my inventionyrlhe combination and arrangement of the canvas sheets C C C, rounds B B B, and troughs D D D, in a suitable box A, substantially in the manner de.- scribed, and for the purpose set forth.

, PAUL PLODEOK.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTs, Guo. A. KoLBE. 

